<Faculty Profile> Sung-bae Park, Ph.D. Sung-Bae Park is Professor of Asian Philosophy and Religions. His expertise is in Buddhism, East Asian Philosophy and Religions in Korea, and interfaith dialogue, especially Buddhist-Christian dialogue. His major publications include: One Korean’s Approach to BUDDHISM: The Mom/Momjit Paradigm (SUNY Press, 2009); Buddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment (SUNY Press, 1983); The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue (with Lewis Lancaster, University of California Press, 1979). He is interested in the relationship between Hua-yen philosophy and Zen experience with a special attention to faith, practice and enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism. Dr. Park is currently serving as General Editor, the Wonhyo Translation Project; Editor, Korean Studies Series, SUNY Press; Director of the Center for Korean Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook; and Konkuk University Ambassador for International Affairs (2006). Hongkyung Kim, Ph.D. Dr. Hongkyung Kim specializes in the history of East Asian and Korean thought and religions, especially Confucianism and Daoism. He earned his Ph.D. from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Korea, with a dissertation titled “A Study on the Neo-Confucianism during the Early Joseon (Choson) Dynasty.” He teaches a wide range of courses related to Korean Studies and East Asian traditions at Stony Brook. These courses include Intellectual History of East Asia, Confucianism and Taoism, Korean and Japanese Religions, Introduction to Korean Culture, and Korean Literature. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, he has published two single-authored monographs: Laozi (Seoul, 2003) and Confucian Thoughts of the Government School During the Early Joseon (Choson) (Seoul, 1996). His new interpretation of the Daoist classic text Laozi is forthcoming with a tentative title, Laozi: Art of Living, Songs of the Elders. He has participated in a research project on the ancient archaeological documents of the ancient classic texts excavated in China, while working as the managing editor for the Wonhyo Translation Project. His current project is the Analects of the Masters, in which he examines the uniformly pivotal but interestingly various interpretations of the Analects throughout the long history of Confucianism. Hyun Choo, Ph.D. Hyun Choo has taught Buddhism and Korean Culture at Stony Brook University as an adjunct lecturer since 2004. She received a B.A. in Humanities Studies, with an emphasis on Christian Theology at the Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul, Korea and a Ph.D. at the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University in NJ, with a dissertation titled “An annotated translation of the Commentary on the Heart Sutra: Wonch’uk’s unique exposition of the Yogacara interpretation of the Heart Sutra.” Based on the hermeneutical study of her dissertation, Dr. Choo has been interested in engaging Buddhism into other religious and psychological traditions. Hyun Choo published an extensive article, “An English Translation of the Ban-ya paramilda sim-gyeong chan” in the International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture in 2006. She is currently working to publish her dissertation as a book. Heejeong Sohn, Ph.D. Candidate Heejeong Sohn joined the Korean Studies Program in Spring 2003 as an adjunct lecturer. Ms. Sohn has taught Korean language courses and Introduction to Korean Culture. She has been interested in developing teaching materials and curriculums of Korean language courses, based on cultural and historical topics and context. She earned her B.A. in English Linguistics from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korea and M.A. in Art Administration from the University of Oregon. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history working on a dissertation titled “Consuming Visions: Modernity’s Lens in Korea between 1876-1919.” Eunjung Ji, Ph.D. Candidate Eunjung Ji currently teaches Korean language courses at Stony Brook University as an adjunct lecturer. Ms. Ji has taught Korean at the Languages and Cultures Department at William Paterson University in New Jersey . She has been pursuing a doctorate in Applied Linguistics at Columbia University after earning her master’s degrees in TESOL and Applied Linguistics from New York University and Columbia University, respectively. She has been interested in classroom discourse in a multicultural setting.